After serving with the Royal Marines, Brian did his MBA at Anglia Polytechnic University before moving into the private Health and Fitness sector. Having worked as a contract manager, Brian then became the Deputy Chief Executive of Aspire with responsibility for managing the new Aspire National Training Centre.

In 2001, Brian was appointed to Chief Executive of Aspire where he has combined his experience in the Fitness Sector and his business pedigree to lead the charity through a period of massive expansion.

Brian is also a part-time lecturer in Post Graduate Business and maintains his interest in personal fitness as a keen cyclist and triathlete.

Chris has been at Aspire since 2007 and has more than seven years experience of fundraising and marketing for range of different UK charities. He is particularly focussed on trying to engage businesses with charities and has set up Corporate fundraising functions in three different charities. Prior to his career in fundraising and marketing Chris managed language schools and events for international students.

Outside of his work at Aspire Chris has advised a number of other charities on their fundraising strategies and has recently become a trustee of the Cyclist’s Defence Fund. He is a keen cyclist who takes part in national cross country races and spends the rest of his free time repairing his fleet of bikes or playing mixed netball with a team of fellow charity employees.

Alex did an MA in the History of Cinema and Popular Culture at Exeter University, specialising in pre-1918 films. He has singularly failed to use any of the knowledge gleaned from this course in his career to date. A very short stint in the world of corporate IT convinced him that he'd rather be elsewhere and Alex has worked for not-for-profit organisations ever since.

Having spent two years undertaking policy research for Whizz-Kidz, Alex arrived at Aspire in 2005 to launch their Campaigning work, a significant new venture for the Organisation. In a relatively short space of time Aspire established excellent working relationships with key Parliamentarians and now regularly provides expert opinion on a wide range of issues. In 2009 Alex moved across to manage the Services Team; with the planned growth and expansion of the Charity driven by the demand placed on our Services, it's an exciting time to be leading the department.

After a two week stint of work experience at the Mike Heaffey Centre, Tasha worked part time for Aspire as a receptionist and children’s party host whilst at College. She then went on to work in the leisure industry as a swimming teacher and children’s holiday camp manager before returning as Assistant Manager of the Mike Heaffey Centre in 1997. She was part of the management team overseeing the build of the Aspire National Training Centre and in 2002 she became General Manager.

More recently Tasha has taken on the new role of Director of Operations responsible for operational systems, quality and personnel management of Aspire with specific responsibility for the day to day management and strategic development. Tasha has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from Hertfordshire University and is currently studying the CIPD Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management.

Tasha is married with two children and plays National League Hockey for St Albans hockey club. 

Rosie has worked at Aspire since 2007, and has 8 years of leisure management experience. She has a strong customer focus, and a belief that an active, healthy lifestyle should be accessible to everyone.

Outside of work at Aspire, Rosie spends most of her time swimming, playing netball and learning to play golf. Always seeking a new challenge - she most recently, and notably, swum the English Channel in August 2010, raising funds for Aspire.